Comparison

Muddy Steps vs Ember

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Muddy Steps

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Discover the power of purposeful training with Muddy Steps โ€“ the ultimate app to prepare you for your toughest muddy race challenges. Whether you're tackling Tough Mudder, Spartan Race, or a local mud run, Muddy Steps equips you with the tools to build endurance, strength, and mental resilience, one muddy step at a time. Muddy Steps isn't just a fitness app โ€“ it's your daily motivator. Perfect for first-time mud runners or seasoned obstacle course warriors, our app tailors your training to crush hills, slog through sludge, and leap over obstacles with confidence. KEY FEATURES: โ€ข Race-Specific Training Tracking โ€ข Mud-Proof Challenges โ€ข Streak Tracking โ€ข Fun facts; how many Olympic pools of mud have you conquered? Was your last hill sprint taller than the Eiffel Tower? โ€ข Home screen widgets โ€ข Live activities on your lock screen โ€ข Customisable Reminders โ€ข In-Depth Stats & Insights โ€ข Personal Best Records โ€ข Detailed Training History โ€ข Per-Session Analytics & Graphs BUILD RACE-READY TOUGHNESS Transform your body into a mud-running machine. Our app makes it easy to track your training sessions, helping you build the consistency and grit needed to dominate on race day. STAY MOTIVATED WITH DAILY CHALLENGES Keep your training exciting with our mud-ready challenges. Push yourself, set new goals, and stay engaged with increasingly tough obstacles every single day. NEVER MISS A SESSION Set personalised reminders to ensure you never skip training. Our flexible notification system adapts to your schedule, keeping you on track with your race preparation goals. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Watch your efforts pay off with our comprehensive stats. Monitor your overall distance, elevation gain, and personal bests. Visualise your improvement over time and celebrate your milestones. MAINTAIN YOUR STREAK Build momentum and stay motivated by tracking your training streaks. Challenge yourself to maintain and extend your streak, creating the mental toughness that muddy races demand. DIVE INTO DETAILED ANALYTICS Gain insights into each session with our detailed stats and graphs. Analyse your pace, terrain difficulty, and routes to optimise your training routine and track your improvement. REVIEW YOUR JOURNEY Access your complete training history to reflect on your progress and identify patterns in your preparation. Use this information to set new goals and continue improving. PRIVACY FOCUSED Your training data is important to us. All your stats are stored securely on your device, ensuring your fitness journey remains private. Start your journey to mud race glory today โ€“ download Muddy Steps and take that first step towards conquering your next challenge! Privacy policy: https://addjam.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Ember

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Ember gives you one challenge a day. Body, mind, or relationships. It takes five minutes or half an hour, and then you are done. Maybe a 10-minute walk. Maybe a few sentences in a journal. Maybe sending a message to someone you have not talked to in a while. Most habit apps work the other way around. You build the list, you check the boxes, and you carry the whole discipline yourself. Ember does it differently. Open the app, see today's challenge, do it. There is no list to build. How it works You start the day with one thing to try. You do not have to do it. You can skip it, or swap it for an easier or harder version. Finishing earns you points, extends your streak, and unlocks new stages over time. There are seven stages, named after how a fire builds: Spark, Kindle, Flame, Hearth, Forge, Radiance, and Eternal Flame. None of them is the finish line. They are how you see, weeks later, how far you have come. What is inside Body, mind, and relationships are the three areas the challenges draw from. Walks, stretching, posture. Journaling, meditation, breathing, gratitude. Sometimes it is reaching out to someone close, or just saying thanks. Pick the areas that matter to you and Ember adjusts what comes next. Miss a day and nothing happens. You get a few rest days each month to spend however you want, and your streak stays put. Alongside the daily challenge there are weekly and monthly goals. Slower, longer-horizon, not another to-do list. More like a direction to aim at. After each challenge you can write a short reflection. How it felt, what you noticed. It is optional. Over time those notes become a journal of how you have moved. The calendar and stats show your consistency: which days you completed, which area gets most of your attention, where you are in your stages. About 30 achievements reward persistence and curiosity. Some are obvious. Others you only see coming after you have earned them. Who Ember is for If you have ever downloaded a habit tracker, lasted three weeks, then quit when the list became another chore, Ember does not promise this time will be magic. It bets, though, that one small thing a day, done consistently, lasts longer than ten boxes you will abandon by next month.

Screenshots

Muddy Steps4 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ember at none against Muddy Steps's 2. Ember also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Muddy Steps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ember asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Muddy Steps versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuddy StepsEmber
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size20 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdd JamFamil Amirov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Muddy Steps

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

Ember

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Muddy Steps free?
Muddy Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Muddy Steps or Ember have ads?
Neither Muddy Steps nor Ember shows ads.

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